Glastonbury Festival death: Jack Crabtree, 26, named as man who…
The man who died after taking ketamine at Glastonbury Festival has been named as Jack Crabtree.

The 26-year-old, from Reading, was rushed to hospital after falling ill on Wednesday night and died in hospital in Bristol on Friday morning.

Police said they did not believe a bad batch of the drug was responsible and that the man had an “individual reaction”.

Ketamine is a class B drug that is legally used in medicine and by vets as a tranquiliser.

It is used recreationally for…

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Glastonbury Festival headliners Metallica's heavy metal music…
Days after heavy metal band Metallica headlined Glastonbury Festival medics have warned the genre of music could cause harm to fans.

Heavy metal really can do your head in, according to doctors who treated a Motorhead fan with a blood clot on the brain caused by headbanging.

The 50-year-old German developed the condition after getting carried away at one of the hardcore rock band’s concerts.

It is the fourth documented case of subdural haematoma linked to headbanging – one of which proved…

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Glastonbury Festival herd wins Michael Eavis Gold Cup at…
Glastonbury Festival founder Michael Eavis has collected the NMR/RABDF Gold Cup at the Livestock Event in Birmingham.

His was one of two Somerset dairy herds to be listed in the final six for the prestigious award, alongside Neil Baker, from Rushywood Farm, at Haselbury Plucknett.

The announcement, at Birmingham’s NEC, comes days after the Glastonbury Festival ended, and as hundreds of volunteers clear up for the return of the cows.

BREAKING: Michael’s just won his first ever NMR/RABDF Gold…

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Wells Waitrose cash machine nearly blown up in targeted gas…
A gas attack aimed at blowing open a supermarket ATM cash machine is under investigation by police.

The Avon & Somerset Force believes that people leaving Glastonbury Festival may be useful witnesses to the attack, the second in seven weeks on the wall-mounted machine outside Waitrose supermarket in Whiting Way, Wells.

The incident happened at around 4am today.

The gas ignited inside the machine and Devon and Somerset Fire Service was alerted after smoke was seen coming from the machine….

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